celestine

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Definitions of celestine word

abbreviation CELESTINE celestite 3
noun celestine Saint (Pietro di Murrone or Morone) 1215–96, Italian ascetic: pope 1294. 1
noun celestine (mineral) A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO4, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades. 1
noun celestine (mineralogy) A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO4, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades. 0

before 1850

One of the 32% newest English words

1850-55; celest(ine) celestite (< German Zölestin < Latin coelest(is), variant of caelestis celestial + German -in -in2) + -ite1

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